Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) - March 7th, 2007

Today I visited the Anand Bhavan, and the Swaraj Bhavan. Belong to the Nehru family who produced 5 generations of leading politicians from Nehru to Gandhi.Here is where the planning to overthrow the British Raj took place. The tour showed us all the various rooms inside and historic paraphynelia. The University has some beautiful buildings. The Azard Park, also called Company Bagh (the original name that refers to the East India Company), is a very pleasant park.
Nearby was the Public Library housed on the most exquisite Gothic -cathedral looking building. I asked to see a travel book of Europe, and they took me where the thousands of books are kept, but with tones of dust on each. Those books are about past history, no updates. It seemed that people only go to the library to read the newspaper. I thank them for their big effort in trying to please me. Came back to my hotel to watch and listen to the trains nearby.